bogdan

Do as the priest says not as the priest does.

There is a single objective truth, it's just, not only unfeasible, but also undesired to determine it.

Most things are wrappers around RDBMSs.

Then you have to deal with os compatibility. That's the main selling point of the Web, it works everywhere.

> I can hand my technologically-handicapped 65-year-old mother an iPad and not have to worry

We don't have to lock an entire ecosystem of devices because your mom's technologically-handicapped

Is this stable on a multi-monitor mixed resolutions & refresh-rates setups?

> American tech dominance elsewhere has more to do a lack of competition

If that's true, why doesn't America compete on this front against China?

> they're more often than not held at a disadvantage by domestic governments

So when the US had the policy advantage over the EU it was just the market working, but when China has the policy advantage over the US it suddenly becomes unfair?

Seriously, blame the investors.

There's a bit more to it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy

Without destroying the button? and consistently on every type of remote out there that has a netflix button? How?

You can buy a Hong Kong esim in China that has access to everyrhing. You can use any vpn service and it just works. The only place I had trouble was the airport wifi but shadow proxy works fine. So I don't know what you're talking about

> China is doing lots of other geopolitical things that you should be afraid draws you in.

Meanwhile USA...

You're taking a all or nothing stance. There must be a middle-ground where employers don't risk getting "scammed".

* The worker gets to leave their sponsoring employer on the day of their arrival, if they choose to. The employment contract may not include any clawbacks of anything.

You almost had me there.

Don't be so negative.

> It never ceases to amaze me in worst way possible how quite a few people here keep treating them as something more, over and over

A lot of people are investing in Apple, most likely you are indirectly as well, if not you then your pension. Not surprised some people would defend everything they do. Then you have the die-hard fans and I'm sure there's some PR peeps going around especially how it easy it is nowadays with AI.

The 7 Pro is still good enough for my day to day for now. My next upgrade is going to be camera focused and I'll choose accordingly. I don't even mind importing a Chinese phone as long as I can still use nfc payments.

I have a pixel 7 pro and never really had issues with the fingerprint sensor :shrug:. Regardless, never buying Google again because of their decision to lock down apk installs.

> Until the customary war starts

It's good to know liberal democratic progressive countries such like the US would never start a war.

I'm confident whoever created this has never stepped foot in London, or if they did, it was briefly.

I politely disagree with everything in your post.

How does this correlate to job demand? I imagine demand is on par if not higher.

> it's also probably the most popular endurance sport

I believe long distance running takes that spot

Ironically this is blocked at my workplace.

What sort of world you must live in to find using a food thermometer "really weird"

Some prod are more prod than the others.

Could it also be because translations are never as good as the originals? One thing that comes to mind is translated songs, they usually sound off and forced to my ear. On the other hand I never read the same material in two languages so it's hard to really have an opinion but I did CS in another language than English and can say very confidently say that it was a huge pain to discuss with professors CS terms that were force translated into my native tongue, it was unnecessary and even though it's been many years since I graduated I still have those terms imprinted into my mind.

That's quite harsh. Good thing you're not in charge of making decisions.

If I'm paying someone to solve a problem for me and they tell me part of it is left for me to sort out then I'm gonna be pretty unhappy with how I spent my money.

I’ve had my share of bad Airbnb hosts too, not as bad as yours, but still enough to ruin a holiday and make me hesitant to use them again.

The bit that I should have expected but didn't was how strongly they side with the hosts in case of disputes. In hindsight, of course they do; the hosts are their money makers, while I'm booking them only a few times a year.

I stopped using Airbnb and closed my account. Hotels are fine, and never had any major issues.